Hey, fairly new spiral knight here. I just had some questions about gear sets. Currently I'm on tier 2 and have the following gear:
Volt Breaker Helm
Fire Breaker Shield (originally mistakenly posted that i had the emberbreak)
Jelly Mail
Tempered Calibur
Voltech Alchemer
Now, i know the volt and ember breakers dont go up to level 5 (or even 4) so i need to replace those. I know the calibur and jelly mail do, so i can stick with them. I'm not sure about the voltech. I dont really have any specific runs in mind right now (though i would like to eventually beat each boss at least once). I have the recipe and all the ingredients for a wise owlite as well, but need the horned owlite first. I was just wondering what might be a good set to try and get, and whether i should start form the bottom of the build, or try and by the item in the middle and then craft from say, 2 or 3 stars. Thanks a bunch for any help
Gear Questions
Thanks tipiak for the advice, and any other input is greatly appreaciated. As a correction, i have the firebreak shield, not emberbreak (2 star version) sorry for any confusion that may have caused.
Eventually you will want different armors that cover each of all three non-normal damage types which are Piercing, Shadow and Elemental.
Elemental is the most common, so it's usually good to go on the Magic line (or even Wolver if you're going Vog) sooner or later.
Since you have a Jelly Mail, you can pair it with a Jelly Helm or Wolver Cap for piercing defense, which is good if you plan to run the Royal Jelly Palace later.
I would recommend figuring out what sort of play style you prefer (swords, guns, bombs) then picking armor that buffs that that play-style. For example wolver line for swords, demo line for bombs, or gunslinger sash line. Concentrate on working you way toward the 5* gear you want for Tier 3. You may want to one day have a suit of armor for each damage type, but I don't think I would ever bother sinking the time and money into taking a jelly suit to 5* its just not very good relative to ones mentioned above. *Note* that those armors I mentioned split into several branches ending with different protections and buffs.
http://wiki.spiralknights.com/List_of_alchemy_paths
http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Armor
http://wiki.spiralknights.com/Helmet
a few sets ive came up with i came up with
set 1 (t3 vana duke runs)
vog coat
volcanic demo helm
crest of Almire (or Grey Owlite both are on the same lvl)
Divine avenger
blitz needle
shiver mist
set 2 (jelly palace)
skolver coat
skolver cap
barbarous thorn shield
grand Faust (or anchoron)
ash of agni
set 3 (every thing else)
skolver coat
divine veil
iron-might shield
leviathan
nitrome
valance
ittl take you a while to get it all but
its well over worth it
Wise owlite is a good choice, though there are now many other possible ones (for instance I note that you don't have any shadow def...)... Voltech is a very decent (elemental) gun, though some prefer the polaris line (I do), and of course the Levi line is a good multi-purpose sword.
I'm not a big fan of the Jelly line, I prefer Skolver for normal/piercing defense (ok, I tend to use mainly swords...), but it's not that bad...
For normal/elemental the Magic line is quite good. If you like swords aiming at Vog might be possible too (but no elemental defense until 5* !!!).
So, to sum up : upgrade shield and helm as soon as you can. Check the Auction House for prices of 2* (or even 3*) items, and depending on the case craft from scratch or only 3* and above...